There has suddenly been a big change in Mumbai Indians during the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024). Actually, the team's wicketkeeper batsman Vishnu Vinod has been out of the entire tournament due to injury, whereas now a World Cup winner has entered the team in his place.

Harvik Desai became part of the team

Mumbai Indians themselves have given this information to the fans by tweeting from their official X account. MI tweeted, 'Welcome home, Harvick! The right-handed wicketkeeper batsman has replaced Vishnu.

Let us tell you that Harvick was a part of the Under 19 World Cup winning team of 2018. He plays domestic cricket for Saurashtra and in the year 2023, he scored 336 runs at a strike rate of 175 in Syed Mushtaq Ali. Not only this, this 24 year old young batsman has scored 2658 runs in 46 matches in first class cricket. In List A cricket, he has 1341 runs in 40 overs. If we talk about T20 format, Harwick has scored 691 runs in 27 matches at an average of 30 and strike rate of 134.

Also know that this season Mumbai Indians have been greatly affected due to their injured players. Experienced players like Dilshan Madushanka and Jason Behrendorff were also out with injuries even before the start of the tournament and now Vishnu Vinod has also been out without playing any match. MI's performance in the season so far has not been anything special, they have been able to win only one match out of 4.

Mumbai Indians team

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Anshul Kamboj, Dewald Brewis, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammad Nabi, Hardik Pandya (captain), Ishan Kishan, Harvik Desai, Naman Dheer, Nehar Wadhera, Romario Shepherd, Shams Mulani, Shivalik Sharma. , Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Karthikeya, Kwena Mafaka, Luke Wood, Nuwan Thushara, Piyush Chawla, Shreyas Gopal.